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OUR HISTORY

    • Founded in 1975 by J. Joe Ricketts as First Omaha Securities in Omaha, Neb.
    • Became the first brokerage firm to offer touch-tone trading in 1988.
    • Launched its IPO in 1997, with shares of AMTD opening at $15.
    • Purchased K. Aufhauser & Co. in 1995, the first firm to offer an online trading platform.
    • Offered the Sprint PCS Wireless Web in 1999, the first via a
      mobile device.
    • Acquired National Discount Brokers Corporation in 2001, the first of an industry-leading 10 successful mergers or acquisitions over the next eight years.
    • Also merged with/acquired Datek Online Holdings in 2002, TD Waterhouse Group, Inc. in 2006, and thinkorswim Group, Inc.
      in 2009.

THE NUMBERS

  • Places more trades online than any other brokerage - at an average of 379,000 per day.1
  • Has more than 5.5 million funded client accounts.
  • Serves a network of more than 5,000 independent Registered Investment Advisors.
  • Employs more than 6,000 full-time associates nationwide.
  • Is available to clients 24 hours a day, seven days a week, on the phone or Internet, and has a nationwide network of more than 100 local branches.
  • Grew the firm organically in fiscal year 2009 at a rate of more than $100 million in net new assets and 3,000 new accounts each day.
  • In fiscal year 2010, had a net income of $592 million, or $1.00 per diluted share.
  • In fiscal year 2010, set a record in net new assets with approximately $34 billion, or an annualized growth rate of 11 percent on beginning client assets.
  • Net revenues of $2.6 billion, 48 percent of which were asset-based, in fiscal year 2010.

RECOGNITION

  • TD Ameritrade was listed as one of Forbes' "Global 2000" companies in the publication's April 21, 2010 issue. The Forbes Global 2000 are public companies with the top composite scores based on their rankings for sales, profits, assets and value.2
  • TD Ameritrade was recognized as one of the top three discount brokerage firms in SmartMoney Magazine's 2010 Broker Survey. The company received a 5-star rating (the highest available) in the Mutual Funds & Investment Products, Trading Tools, Research and Customer Service categories.3
  • For the second year in a row, and the fourth in five years, thinkorswim, a brokerage subsidiary of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation, was rated the #1 broker by Barron's based on trade experience, trading technology, usability, range of offerings, research amenities, portfolio analysis and reports, customer service and education, and costs.4
  • TD Ameritrade's education affiliate, Investools,5 has recently received authorization to issue Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from the International Association of Continuing Education and Training (IACET).6